Named in honor of the former Hilo basketball player who lost a battle with cancer on Christmas morning 2007, the Skills Challenge offered players the chance to compete in either the Hot-Shot or 3-Point Shooting events held at the Afook-Chinen Civic Auditorium.

Tournament sponsors the Hawai‘i Police Department’s Hawai‘i Isle Police Activities League, or HI-PAL, and the Hawai‘i County Department of Parks and Recreation wish to congratulate the following Skills Challenge age-group winners:

The Hawaiʻi Isle Police Activities League will hold its 24th Annual HI-PAL Hope Chapel 3-on-3 Basketball Jam in Kona during the weekend of January 18-20. Sign-ups are being accepted now until Monday, January 10.

Officer Joseph Botelho Jr. at a HI-Pal Tournament

Divisions are as follows: 5/6, 7/8, 9/10, 11/12, 13/14, 12 under girls, and 14 under girls. December 31, 2013, is the age cut-off date for this tournament.

Team rosters are limited to five players. Due to the limited space, teams will be accepted on a first-come, first-served basis. All interested teams should call the West Hawaiʻi HI-PAL office at 326-4646, extension 258, or Officer Randy Morris at 936-2789.

The Hawaiʻi Police Activities League (HI-PAL) will have its 23rd annual “HI-PAL Hope Chapel 3-on-3 Basketball Jam” in Kona over the weekend of January 19-21.
Sign-ups are being accepted now through Friday, January 11.

Division are as follows: 5/6, 7/8, 9/10, 11/12, 13/14, Girls 12-under, Girls 14-under. Team rosters are limited to five players.

Due to the limited space available, teams will be accepted on a first-come, first-served basis. All interested teams should call the West Hawaiʻi HI-PAL office at 326-4646, extension 258, Officer Randy Morris at 936-2789, or the Hilo HI-PAL office at 961-2220 as soon as possible.